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The MAROON Vol. 61, No. 17 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 February 11,1983 Corner of Calhoun and St. Charles, 1985 Architect's rendering of the Communications /Music Complex scheduled for completion in the fall of 1985. —Photo courtesy of University Relations Ceremony to celebrate complex By Nancee E. Lewis Walter Cronkite will be the guest of honor at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Communications/Music Complex Feb. 18. Cronkite, former anchorman and managing editor of CBS Evening News, will also be awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters during the ceremony. The ceremony will not take place on the actual complex site since the construction is already underway. Instead, it will be held in the adjacent parking area located between the 1 ibrary, Monroe Science Complex, Thomas and Marquette halls. Joan Tolhurst, director of University Relations said, "The turning of the soil will be symbolic." The soil to be used in the ceremony will be brought from the construction site to the ceremony site. Participating in the ceremony will be the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., univeristy president; Francis Doyle, chairman of the Board of Trustees and Phil Johnson, assistant manager of WWL-TV, WWLAM and WAJY-FM radio. The Very Rev. Phillip Hannan, archbishop of New Orleans, will give the prayer of dedication. Former mayor Moon Landrieu and his wife Verna, campaign chaircouple, are scheduled to speak on the capital campaign for the complex. The Landrieus, Loyola alumni, head the campaign for $13 million in capital for the construction of the complex. There will be a presentation of special commemorative plaques to the ground breakers. Six students representing the department of communications and the College of Music will award the plaques. Representing the College of Music will be Alison Gruber, Aaron Ambeau and David Means. Representing the department of communications will asdfasdfsdafsd be Maria Ward, Paula Guibault and Richard Robinson. Tolhurst said the ceremony will be an ideal way to showcase the department of communications and the College of Music. Many student organizations, such as the Loyola Liasons, the University Band, Chorale and Chorus will participate in the activities. "We tried to create as much student involvement as possible," Tolhurst said. Designs of the complex have been released. According to a university relations release, the exterior, of red brick, concrete and glass, is meant to Cronkite - the way he is By Jeanette Gbur Walter Leland Cronkite, television's foremost anchorman for nearly two decades, appeared five times a week on the CBS Evening News and told millions of viewers "the way it is" in the world. He will be the guest of honor at the Communications/Music Complex groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 18. Peter Kalischer, assistant professor of communications, contacted Cronkite last semester about appearing at the ceremony. Kalischer, friend and former colleague of Cronkite, said, "Walter is probably the most well-known and distinguished anchorman in TV news. It [Cronkite's appearance] would be good for Loyola." Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, according to a 1973 Oliver Quayle poll, has been a journalist for more than 40 years. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri on Nov. 4, 1916, Cronkite began his journalism career as a campus correspondent at the Houston Post, where he worked part-time during high school and during his freshman year at the University of Texas. He dropped out of college in his junior year to work as a general assignments reporter for the Houston Press. One year later he joined the United Press where he remained for 11 years. Cronkite went to work for CBS in 1950. His face became a familar sight. He appeared regularly on many different shows: as guide to the past on You Are There and The Twentieth Century; as the narrator of Air Power; as co-host on The Morning Show, where his duties included kibitzing with two puppets named Humphrey the Houn' Dog and Charlemane the Lion; as anchorman of the Sunday Walter Cronkite —Photo courtesy of University Relations See Complex/page 6 See Cronkite/page 2

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The MAROON Vol. 61, No. 17 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 February 11,1983 Corner of Calhoun and St. Charles, 1985 Architect's rendering of the Communications /Music Complex scheduled for completion in the fall of 1985. —Photo courtesy of University Relations Ceremony to celebrate complex By Nancee E. Lewis Walter Cronkite will be the guest of honor at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Communications/Music Complex Feb. 18. Cronkite, former anchorman and managing editor of CBS Evening News, will also be awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters during the ceremony. The ceremony will not take place on the actual complex site since the construction is already underway. Instead, it will be held in the adjacent parking area located between the 1 ibrary, Monroe Science Complex, Thomas and Marquette halls. Joan Tolhurst, director of University Relations said, "The turning of the soil will be symbolic." The soil to be used in the ceremony will be brought from the construction site to the ceremony site. Participating in the ceremony will be the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., univeristy president; Francis Doyle, chairman of the Board of Trustees and Phil Johnson, assistant manager of WWL-TV, WWLAM and WAJY-FM radio. The Very Rev. Phillip Hannan, archbishop of New Orleans, will give the prayer of dedication. Former mayor Moon Landrieu and his wife Verna, campaign chaircouple, are scheduled to speak on the capital campaign for the complex. The Landrieus, Loyola alumni, head the campaign for $13 million in capital for the construction of the complex. There will be a presentation of special commemorative plaques to the ground breakers. Six students representing the department of communications and the College of Music will award the plaques. Representing the College of Music will be Alison Gruber, Aaron Ambeau and David Means. Representing the department of communications will asdfasdfsdafsd be Maria Ward, Paula Guibault and Richard Robinson. Tolhurst said the ceremony will be an ideal way to showcase the department of communications and the College of Music. Many student organizations, such as the Loyola Liasons, the University Band, Chorale and Chorus will participate in the activities. "We tried to create as much student involvement as possible," Tolhurst said. Designs of the complex have been released. According to a university relations release, the exterior, of red brick, concrete and glass, is meant to Cronkite - the way he is By Jeanette Gbur Walter Leland Cronkite, television's foremost anchorman for nearly two decades, appeared five times a week on the CBS Evening News and told millions of viewers "the way it is" in the world. He will be the guest of honor at the Communications/Music Complex groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 18. Peter Kalischer, assistant professor of communications, contacted Cronkite last semester about appearing at the ceremony. Kalischer, friend and former colleague of Cronkite, said, "Walter is probably the most well-known and distinguished anchorman in TV news. It [Cronkite's appearance] would be good for Loyola." Cronkite, the most trusted man in America, according to a 1973 Oliver Quayle poll, has been a journalist for more than 40 years. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri on Nov. 4, 1916, Cronkite began his journalism career as a campus correspondent at the Houston Post, where he worked part-time during high school and during his freshman year at the University of Texas. He dropped out of college in his junior year to work as a general assignments reporter for the Houston Press. One year later he joined the United Press where he remained for 11 years. Cronkite went to work for CBS in 1950. His face became a familar sight. He appeared regularly on many different shows: as guide to the past on You Are There and The Twentieth Century; as the narrator of Air Power; as co-host on The Morning Show, where his duties included kibitzing with two puppets named Humphrey the Houn' Dog and Charlemane the Lion; as anchorman of the Sunday Walter Cronkite —Photo courtesy of University Relations See Complex/page 6 See Cronkite/page 2